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masonjp
Oct 23, 2011, 02:59 PM
An object with a mass of 12kg slides down an inclined plane at a constant velocity. The plane is incline at an angle of 31 degrees. What is the coefficient of kinetic friction?

Unknown008
Oct 24, 2011, 12:12 AM
1. Find the force that gravity exerts on the object down the plane.
2. From this, can you state the force due to friction?
3. From that force, use F = \mu R where mu is the coefficient of friction and R is the normal reaction of the plane on the object.